‘Many fishy things’: Kramnik doesn’t accept ‘Clash of Claims’ chess grudge match loss against player whose results he doubted

Cheating allegations continue to rock the chess world, and former world champion Vladimir Kramnik has been at the forefront of the discussion. Now, the Russian has lost a specifically arranged match 15.5-11.5 against a junior opponent whose results he doubted, and he did not accept the outcome.

We live in the era of supercomputers, and chess players have been contending for decades with computers that have become far superior to the best of human ability. Nowadays, the ease of access and the portability of such software have shrouded many chess events in doubt and controversy. Former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik has been one of the loudest voices in the room when it comes to questioning online results, though his observations and analysis have been a subject of criticism and ridicule in the community.

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